Spatial dynamics of intraspecific variation in beech (fagus sylvatica): environmental and human impacts and their importance for forest ecosystems

Hypotheses

Large-scale genetic differentiation among the exploratories is caused by the different evolutionary history of beech populations.
Genetic differentiation among plots within exploratories is caused by different environmental conditions and different forest management histories.
Limited seed dispersal of beech results in fine-scale spatial genetic structures within plots depending on the silvicultural treatment of stands and aspects of stand structure such as species mixtures.

Publications

Genetic variation of European beech populations and their progeny from northeast Germany to southwest Switzerland

Genetische Variation von Rotbuchenpopulationen und ihren Nachkommen von Nordostdeutschland bis zur südwestlichen Schweiz

Müller M., Cuervo-Alarcon L., Gailing O., Rajendra K.C., Chhetri M. S., Seifert S., Arend M., Krutovsky K. V., Finkeldey R. (2018): Genetic variation of European beech populations and their progeny from northeast Germany to southwest Switzerland. Forests 9(8), 469. doi: 10.3390/f9080469

Subtle human impacts on neutral genetic diversity and spatial patterns of genetic variation in European beech (Fagus sylvatica)

Welchen Einfluss hat die Waldbewirtschaftung auf die im Erbgut von Rotbuchen verankerten genetischen Merkmale?

Rajendra K.C., Seifert S., Prinz K., Gailing O., Finkeldey R. (2014): Subtle human impacts on neutral genetic diversity and spatial patterns of genetic variation in European beech (Fagus sylvatica). Forest Ecology and Management 319, 138–149. doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.02.003

Spatial dynamics of intraspecific genetic variation in European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.)

Rajendra K.C. (2011): Spatial dynamics of intraspecific genetic variation in European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.). Dissertation, University Goettingen